Bombs away view as bombs are dropped over Arakabesan, Palau Islands, in World War II. Aerial view showing the coast, roads, airfield of Arakabesan and surrounding islands. More bombs dropping over the Japanese held island.
Aerial footage of 8 planes off in the distance. Closeup shot of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, with WW2 Lockheed P-38 Lightning airplanes flying far in the background. Closeup aerial shots of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft with the pilot visible in front of a thunderhead cloud. Various shots of Balalae Island, in the Solomon Islands. Bombs falling towards the island before explosions are seen along the airfield. Smoke rising from the impacts.
U.S. Strategic Air Command B-52 crew members performing preflight checks at their stations aboard the aircraft, on the ground at Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, Japan. Navigator uses an E6-B circular slide rule computer to calculate flight parameters and checks his mission chart using a pair of compasses. Flight engineer goes through preflight checks at his panel.
U.S. Marines climb into landing crafts from USS Bayfield (APA-33) during amphibious exercises at White Beach, Okinawa, japan. Sailor using a sledge hammer knocks away a hook on an anchor chain on the deck of USS Bayfield (APA-33). The anchor chain is let out through the hawser pipe. BMC (Chief Boatswain's Mate) gives a signal up on the upper deck of the ship. An officer with a grey helmet gives orders to sailors on the weather deck. One sailor gives a signal for the lowering of boats. LCMs (Landing Crafts, Mechanized) lowered from USS Bayfield (APA-33). Sailors on the deck tend to lines during the lowering of the landing crafts. The deck crew puts over a cargo net so that the marines may disembark into the landing craft alongside. 1-JV telephone talker on the deck. The marines climb down cargo nets into landing crafts alongside USS Bayfield. A coxswain in one of the boats.
U.S. Marines on the deck of USS Bayfield (APA-33) during amphibious exercises at White Beach, Okinawa, Japan. A jeep hangs over the deck of USS Bayfield (APA-33). Several lines extend from the jeep. BM1 (Boatswain's Mate) gives directions for lowering the jeep into the hold. The jeep is set down into the hold. Marines and enlisted navy personnel lined up on the deck. Two ranks of enlisted navy personnel at attention on the deck of USS Bayfield. A Marine 2nd Lieutenant talks with some of the men on the deck. Three crewmen work on the deck of USS Bayfield. One crewman uses a hammer and a marlin spike to clean out the holes on the deck.
U.S. Marines fire machine guns during a beach assault training at White Beach, Okinawa, japan. The marines run parallel to the beach. A landing craft on the beach. A jeep moves from the landing craft onto the beach area. LVTAs (Landing Vehicles, Tracked, Armored) lined up on the beach. An LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) on the beach. An M50 Ontos tank in one of the landing craft. LVTAs fire from the beach. The marines disembark from an LCVP alongside USS Bayfield (APA-33). The marines climb up a cargo net to board USS Bayfield. Crew members of USS Bayfield pull in the cargo net to make it tighter for the marines. The crew rolls up the cargo net. A Marine 2nd Lieutenant on the deck of USS Bayfield.
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